Monthly Archives: August 2025

A blow against local tyranny?

Posted on August 30, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

From Florida comes word that a State legislator is attempting to outlaw HOAs – Home Owners Associations. Juan Porras, a Miami Republican, is pushing to liberate nearly half the population of Florida who live in communities with HOAs. Over the … Continue reading →

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Political correctness – the human race (not)

Posted on August 28, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

TPOL continues to look at, comment (and make fun of) the ThirdWay’s list of verboten words for the Woke, SJW, and regressives when that gang of enemies of liberty try to cozen people. Today, we have five bad words for … Continue reading →

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Political correctness – groupthink at risk?

Posted on August 27, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

We continue to look at the 45 “no speaker” words proposed by the left-wing ThirdWay. They want the Woke and social justice warriors to self-censor. Now, we come to a third group. We looked at eleven on Friday, eight on … Continue reading →

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Flag burning

Posted on August 26, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

We will put off continuing our discussion of Woke-banned words and all the fun with that to comment on The Donald’s latest assault on the public peace. Of course, we are speaking of his imperial decree (executive order) signed Monday … Continue reading →

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Cursing? No, cursive writing is not for cursing – nor a curse

Posted on August 25, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

A few months back, a lady asked an interesting question. Why don’t the schools (at least, the “public schools” – government-run, tax-funded) teach children to write in cursive anymore? She had some good thoughts – definitely answers that could be … Continue reading →

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Political correctness – more words the Woke aren’t supposed to use

Posted on August 23, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

In the last commentary, we looked at 11 of the words that the Third Way website/group says that the leftists/Woke/so-called Progressives should stop using. As we pointed out at the end, at least one reason for the advocates of that … Continue reading →

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Political correctness – sticks and stones but…

Posted on August 22, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

It is getting downright painful to listen to the media – both mainstream and alternative, both “left” and “right.” And even the libertarian (or semi-libertarian) versions. There is poor English, bad grammar, mispronounced words, and an arrogant attitude. But the … Continue reading →

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The evils and abusive nature of modern marketing

Posted on August 21, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

All the radio news and online talk shows and social media, for the last couple of days, have been talking all about the new Cracker Barrel logo. It took a day or two for most observers to notice it is … Continue reading →

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Throwing down the gauntlet

Posted on August 19, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Do you happen to remember Robert Reich? Here is a refresher from MSN: Robert Reich is a professor of public policy at Berkeley and former Secretary of Labor. His writings can be found at https://robertreich.substack.com/.” In one of his latest screeds, … Continue reading →

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Put not your trust…

Posted on August 18, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Rob Morse, whose Second Amendment and Self-Defense News email is always a great read, recently posted this snippet. “Selecting government personnel is how politicians establish policy. President Donald Trump nominated a judge for the U.S. Ninth Circuit. This judge, Eric Tung, has … Continue reading →

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